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China switches on its massive alien-seeking radio telescope
![]() ![]() ![]() China has flipped the switch on its 500 metre (1,640 ft) wide radio telescope — the largest in the world — which is aimed at the heavens in search of extraterrestrial life. On Sunday, officials cut the ribbon on the FAST (Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope), located in a basin in the mountai**us Pingtang County in Guizhou, southwest China. SEE ALSO: You k**w that weird outer space radio signal? It's probably **t aliens The 1.2 billion yuan (US$180 million) FAST has 4,450 panels, and is the size of 30 football fields. Scientists claimed during the launch that the "super eye in the sky" was sensitive e**ugh to detect a cell phone in use on the moon. Read more... More about Radio Telescope, China, World, and Space ??????? ??????: China switches on its massive alien-seeking radio telescope || ??????: rss || ??????: اسم منتداك
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